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Updated: 4:55 PM CDT Apr 21, 2020

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as an H V a C technician Cameron Kronk. It's work is considered essential. So as millions of Americans lose their jobs because of shutdowns, he still goes into work every day. Which is why, when he received his federal stimulus check last week, he decided to donate all of it. So I felt like it would have been selfish of me to hold on to that money for whatever purpose when I have friends out there who are truly struggling. He posted to Facebook asking people to write to him if they were unemployed due to the Corona virus, 50 people submitted names. The randomly selected winner was Harry Siegler, who lost his job as a bartender and a struggling to take care of a young daughter. And he was basically at a point where he was at a breaking point. You know, he didn't have any savings left, and he's faced with bills. He's got a young daughter you need to take care of. If the name Cameron Crockett sounds familiar, he was at the center of an involuntary manslaughter case we covered extensively. Years ago. Crockett was convicted, served eight years behind bars but still maintains his innocence. The experience, though, forever shaped his perspective on life, no matter what your circumstances. Maybe, um, it told me that there's always somebody else out there who circumstances are worse than yours. Um, for me, while I could have held onto the money to try and buy a house. But it's words that or any number of things Like I said, they're gonna be selfish meter to do that when I have friends out there who are faced with the very real threat of not being able to maintain a roof over their heads at all.

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Former inmate with essential job donates his stimulus check to man who lost his job

A Virginia man with an essential job donated his stimulus check to a person who had lost his job.Cameron Crockett, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning technician, decided to donate his entire stimulus check, WAVY-TV reported."I felt like it would have been selfish for me to still hold onto that money for whatever purpose when I have friends out there who are truly struggling," he told the TV station.So Crockett asked who needed help on Facebook and got a list of 50 names.The randomly selected winner was a bartender who lost his job and was struggling to take care of a young daughter, according to WAVY.Crockett was convicted in an involuntarily manslaughter case and served eight years behind bars. Police said he was driving drunk and crashed into a tree, causing a passenger to die, The Virginian-Pilot reported. He maintains his innocence.But he wanted the outreach to show that help can come, no matter what your past is.

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Video from WAVY-TV via CNN) —

A Virginia man with an essential job donated his stimulus check to a person who had lost his job.

"I felt like it would have been selfish for me to still hold onto that money for whatever purpose when I have friends out there who are truly struggling," he told the TV station.

So Crockett asked who needed help on Facebook and got a list of 50 names.

The randomly selected winner was a bartender who lost his job and was struggling to take care of a young daughter, according to WAVY.

Crockett was convicted in an involuntarily manslaughter case and served eight years behind bars. Police said he was driving drunk and crashed into a tree, causing a passenger to die, The Virginian-Pilot reported. He maintains his innocence.

But he wanted the outreach to show that help can come, no matter what your past is.